TEXT FROM CLARKSTOWN PD PRESS REPORTS On June 10, 2016 the Clarkstown Police Department responded the 7-Eleven located on Rt. 59 in Nanuet for a suspicious incident involving an ATM machine located inside the store. The responding unit was informed by a customer that the keypad on the ATM machine appeared to have been tampered […]
Jaffee Statement on Passage of East Ramapo Bill (A10723/S08131) (Albany) “After working together for many years on many pieces of legislation with the advocates, parents, my colleagues and the State Education Department, I am pleased that this legislation passed both the Assembly and the Senate with bipartisan support. It is just a beginning. There is […]
Trump voters hope he’ll bring accountability back to Washington BY DYLAN SKRILOFF A self-styled headquarters supporting the campaign of Donald J. Trump for president of the United States has opened up on Rt. 304 in Bardonia. Launched by local businessman, author and philanthropist Barry Fixler, “Trump Headquarters Rockland County” offers a meeting place for Trump supporters and […]
By Legislator Nancy Low-Hogan (D-South Nyack) Every year at this time, we come together to celebrate and commemorate. We celebrate our collective Pride – regardless of our personal orientation – of the incredible diversity of our community and our country. We also commemorate the sacrifices made by those who came before us and, to our fortune, […]
Two bills aimed at protecting neighborhoods from predatory real estate practices and sponsored by Assemblyman James Skoufis (D-Woodbury) passed the full Assembly this week. One of the bills was specifically aimed to resist the attempted annexation of land by the Village of Kiryas Joel in the Town of Monroe. “The annexation issue has not gone […]
BY KATHY KAHN Residents turned out in force on a sunny Wednesday afternoon to listen to SUEZ Water justify its proposed 13.7 percent rate hike currently being considered by the Public Service Commission. Once SUEZ was done, the floodgates opened. One by one, residents from across the county came to the podium to condemn the […]